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2011-2012 Colorado All State High School Orchestra

 

Audition Information for: Percussion

 

All percussion applicants will be required to audition on snare drum, tympani and marimba or xylophone. Minimum requirements of octaves and tempi for scales on marimba are listed below. Minimum requirements of tempi for excerpts will be those listed below.

Please read the taping procedures carefully and complete the audition form clearly and correctly. CDs/tapes, materials and fees (payable to Colorado Music Educators Association) must be postmarked by November 4th, 2011. No CD/tape will be accepted for adjudication thereafter.

CDs/Tapes should contain the following material:       (Do not announce the student’s name on the recording!)

 Snare Drum:

  1. Orchestral style roll – pp crescendo for 15 seconds to ff diminuendo for 15 seconds to pp
  2. Excerpt from Scheherazade by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, quarter note = approx. 88

 Marimba or Xylophone:

  1. E-flat Major Scale – 3 octaves in sixteenth notes, quarter = approx. 112
  2. D harmonic minor scale - 3 octaves in sixteenth notes, quarter = approx. 112
  3. Excerpt from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, quarter note = approx. 100

 Timpani:

  1. Roll on B-flat – pp crescendo for 15 seconds to ff diminuendo for 15 seconds to pp
  2. New England Triptych by William Schuman, quarter note = approx. 148

 

 

DO NOT ANNOUNCE THE STUDENT’S NAME ON THE RECORDING!

 

 

 

Attention: All state auditions will now be adjudicated a little differently. Applicants will given full points for the difficulty rating only if the overall performance of the solo was well done and if the chosen excerpts of the solo were difficult enough to deserve the points.

 

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